didn t want to get out of bed. i was just depressed. just wanted, like, some type of change, you know, because like you re in here and you don t have any control over anything. and i basically the only control i have is my hairstyle. and so i wanted my hair cut. coming up i m feeding you and you re providing a service for me. you help me. you clean my room, heat up my water in the morning, wash my dishes after i eat. nick battaglia and his new cellmate set up shop in general population. and william bernard acquires new ink and a busted lip.
strips and put them into the glue that s listed on the envelope. it s hard to detect. if you guys are suspicious of an envelope or package coming in that would be suspect, bring it to the attention of your supervisor. we released information to the staff prior to the change of shift, so anything that s important or imperative they need to know prior to taking over their post, we ll try and share that with them here. just be conscious of it, guys. just make sure you know it s out there and it s something that can definitely impact how your post operates, okay? i knew people that brought it in. i knew people that sold it. i knew everybody. nick battaglia was recently sent to segregation after officers intercepted a heroin-laced birthday card that was addressed to him. battaglia then told staff how suboxone gets into the jail, even pointing to the nickname of an inmate dealer scrawled on the cell wall.
suboxone was just it was fun while it lasted. i mean, all good things come to an end. battaglia says now he ll fall back on another technique he s used in the past to make life more comfortable. i just look for easy prey. little white boys. it s an easy target. it s easy. easy money. i need to find a man. man? you got one? tell them, look, you re going to get robbed. black boys are going to run on you. it s going to happen. you can either come deal with me or you can just get everything taken. i wouldn t call it extortion. i d call it, maybe, protection, just looking out. give me a bag of coffee, you know, give me two packs of peanut butter cookies. do this, do that. you know, clean my room. i made a cake for nick for his birthday. and i just gave him one of his
so you re done. good to go. all right. i felt like just cooperating. i don t know. just seemed like the better thing to do at the time. my bunky. i m done with him. we can t associate anymore. while battaglia s relationships in jail might have landed him in segregation, william bernard s have resulted in violence. he was recently assaulted in his housing unit. what happened was an inmate polanco and rivera assaulted inmate bernard as he walked up the stairs. they got him at the first couple stairs. bernard was already on the ground. definitely was out of it. once it was called out, we were probably inside less than a minute after the fight was called out. bernard was laying on or sitting on the ground, looked dazed. once the officer saw it, they both ran away. gomez polanco ran to a cell that wasn t his, inmate rivera ran to his cell. it was a little chaotic. for the most part i tried to be
i respect that. the inmate that was mentioned is a smooth mover. he s a jailer. he did a significant amount of time in new york state prison system before he came here. so, you know, somebody to keep a watchful eye on. think you can get me back into s-4? i don t see a problem with that. appreciate that. his one request was to go back to a certain unit. i can grant that request. he helps me, i help him. that inmate s now in my pocket. i do him a favor, he wants to return the favor and tell me what s going on. so, you know, one hand has to wash the other. coming up you guys are suspicious of an envelope or a package or something coming in that would be suspect, bring it to the attention of your supervisor. staff gears up to choke off the drug flow. and you shouldn t have told cops i was armed and i tried to kill